General Gaming Megathread: What are you playing?

The Dutch Ghost said:
Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude said:
Resident Evil 5.

The controls are amazing compared to RE4 (thank god), and it looks good and runs very well.
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I heard the AI of the forced companion is terrible, that is why I did not get the game even though I played almost all of the previous games.
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Actually, I found her quite useful in a fight. She's not genius in any way, but does hold her own. I mainly gave all the healing items to her, and worried only about shooting. She did ok with that assignment, contrary to what Yahtzee in his review said. Also, she saved my ass more times than I had to save hers. And I'm talking about veteran difficulty here.
RE5 PC is the best version of the game, and a truly great PC port, better controls due to mouse support and more shortcuts (1-9 for every inventory slot and also quick keys for quick turn and knife slash). They even implemented a proper crosshair instead of that laser thing in console versions. It also looks and runs better like a proper PC version should. Capcom did take Ubisoft fucking up RE4 PC seriously.
 
The Dutch Ghost said:
I heard the AI of the forced companion is terrible, that is why I did not get the game even though I played almost all of the previous games.
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The AI companion is fucking amazing. Give her one of the sniper rifles and she'll trash everything you come across with crazy crysis headshot vision. She'll instantly knock crap off of you if you get incapacitated, quickly heal you if you go critical, and she'll break boxes/pots and whatnot to help you loot items faster.

The best thing of all is that the AI doesn't fail at quicktime events and get you killed (unlike my asshole friends). Whoever told you that the AI was bad probably sucked at the game, because it does an outstanding job of supporting you; and never gets in the way or becomes a burden (unlike that bitch from RE4... always getting carried away and shit).

Having a friend play through it with you is preferable, but the AI won't let you down... even in professional mode (which will kick your ass).
 
I get the feeling some people look at how AI behaves and expect from it human like behaviour. Of course that's not gonna happen. As AI, your partner in RE5 is pretty well done.
 
Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude said:
The Dutch Ghost said:
I heard the AI of the forced companion is terrible, that is why I did not get the game even though I played almost all of the previous games.
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The AI companion is fucking amazing. Give her one of the sniper rifles and she'll trash everything you come across with crazy crysis headshot vision. She'll instantly knock crap off of you if you get incapacitated, quickly heal you if you go critical, and she'll break boxes/pots and whatnot to help you loot items faster.

The best thing of all is that the AI doesn't fail at quicktime events and get you killed (unlike my asshole friends). Whoever told you that the AI was bad probably sucked at the game, because it does an outstanding job of supporting you; and never gets in the way or becomes a burden (unlike that bitch from RE4... always getting carried away and shit).

Having a friend play through it with you is preferable, but the AI won't let you down... even in professional mode (which will kick your ass).
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Yeah, I agree with you. The AI companion is great, especially when giving her the sniper rifle (What you already mentioned). The onlly thing I don't like about her, is that when she takes the knife out and is about to break the barrels, boxes etc. she won't break them if you get too close to her, she just puts the knife away. She also sometimes wastes lot of ammo, especially when you give her one of the machine guns, she just keeps shooting the enemies even when they are down. It would be better if she could use the "finishing move" (stab with the knife) more often.
 
lewis said:
wolfenstein 3D, nothing like playing an old classic to remenber the old days
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I was playing that 30 minutes ago. Now I feel nauseous, but still love the game. :) Forgot how annoying those Nazi zombies are.
 
Rufus Luccarelli said:
lewis said:
wolfenstein 3D, nothing like playing an old classic to remenber the old days
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I was playing that 30 minutes ago. Now I feel nauseous, but still love the game. :) Forgot how annoying those Nazi zombies are.
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you should try wolfendoom a mod for DOOM2 it includes a map.
 
Finished DMMM: Elements. damn, it was great! of course, i wish i could have play it on a decent rig. the graphics would have been probably 10 times better. Damn, now i want to play Arx Fatalis sooooooooooo bad. but i don't have a rig anymore :( only my netbook.

i will be playing Dark Sector today...lets see if it is any good.
 
I was at the game store the other day looking for a game that my computer could actually play. I almost got a GTA trilogy(3, VC, and SA) because I've never played 3 or VC. Instead I got a gamecube that came with RE4 and a memory card for just as much as I was planning on spending. Camera annoyances aside, it's the best game I've played in a very long time. Though I can't really perceive much replayability so far.
 
Farmerk said:
Though I can't really perceive much replayability so far.
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Unlockable Professional mode does kick ass, and it is also fun to return to it after a playthrough with already upgraded weapons to give back some ass kicking. Also, it's fun to unlock various weapons. You also unlock various game modes and another shorter story mode in which you play as Ada. It took me another 6-7 hours to finish it, that's like a free expansion. Although I don't really know how it is on gamecube with unlockables, I only played PC version which is the same as PS2 version. I played this game a lot of times and it's still great fun. RE5, while also fun, doesn't live up to it.
 
Multidirectional said:
You also unlock various game modes and another shorter story mode in which you play as Ada. It took me another 6-7 hours to finish it, that's like a free expansion.
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I had the PC version, but gave it away because my video card sucked and I could only get 3fps. It said on the case that the ada story was unlockable, but it says nothing on the gamecube case about it so I assume it's a pc/ps2 exclusive.

It's kickass so far. The story is weak compared to code veronica(which I played through more times than I can spit.) but I'm only at the lake so long way to go. The annoying camera keeps me from seeing where I'm throwing those spears though. I guess the decreased visibility makes things more realistic, but fights are annoying as hell when I can't see anything to the left of me. I really wish there was a way to zoom out the camera, I'm tired as fuck with leon's back. They should have put a nekkid lady back there :D

I'm avoiding cheat websites at all costs, so I must ask: Please tell me there's a mercenary minigame like the previous REs. Those were always a blast
 
I am currently playing Dead Space Extraction, and the different gameplay actually works.

While the lack of movement freedom might not be to everyone's taste it creates a whole new kind of feel to experience the setting.
 
Farmerk said:
I'm avoiding cheat websites at all costs, so I must ask: Please tell me there's a mercenary minigame like the previous REs. Those were always a blast
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The mercenaries mode is intact and quite fun.

You can even play as HUNK. I mean come on, motherfucking HUNK.
 
Farmerk said:
Though I can't really perceive much replayability so far.
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Dude, RE4 is all about replayability! :D
There many things you can unlock and so on.
Yup, Good old RE4...i doubt i will ever bother playing RE5 from what i have seen, it looks like a cheap copy of RE4.
 
Awesome. Not only am I excited to play the game, now I can't wait to beat it. On a side note, how are the other two resident evils for gamecube? I played a small bit of the one on the train and enjoyed it fairly well. Is the other one a remake of RE1?
 
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